Apodictism

//apəʊˈdɪktɪzm// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Apodictic character, tendency, or pretension. rare, uncountable, usually

    "It is my conviction that the evident stiffness and apodictism of the definitions cited was already predetermined."

  2. 2
    An apodictic assertion or pronouncement; a strong, unwarranted claim. countable, rare, usually

    "That phytogeography of today is a “confused hodgepodge of theory and half-baked notions”…is yet another example of Croizat’s apodictisms."

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"It is my conviction that the evident stiffness and apodictism of the definitions cited was already predetermined."

Etymology

From apodict(ic) + -ism.

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